Most of the state received little rainfall and experienced below average temperatures. These conditions allowed Iowa farmers 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending July 21, 2024, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included harvesting oats for grain, cutting and baling hay, and applying fungicides. Topsoil moisture condition across Iowa rated 1 percent very…
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Greene County district court, week ending July 19
In Greene County district court a judgment for a $105 fine with a $15.75 surcharge was entered against Whitney Case, 38, of Jefferson, after she pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct- abusive epithets/threatening gesture, amended from domestic abuse assault causing injury or mental illness. The court found her unable to pay court costs or restitution for her court…
Read MoreGlenn Carstensen, 1933 – 2024
Glenn John Carstensen was born April 18, 1933, on a farm near Paton. He passed away peacefully at home near Jefferson on July 19, 2024, at the age of 91 years. Glenn was the son of Clarence and Alice (Namanny) Carstensen. In 1936, Clarence, Alice, Glenn, his older brother Kenneth and sister Shirley moved to a farm 5 -1/2 miles…
Read MoreGrCo Schools okays bond sale for solar project, hires outside firm for facility assessment and planning
Also learns of many issues with HVAC system at high school The Greene County Schools board at its July 17 meeting approved the needed resolutions to sell $6.1 million in school capital loan notes to pay for installing solar panels at the district’s three schools. The sale was scheduled to start for the next day. According to school superintendent Brett…
Read MoreGrCo school board prepares for new year
The Greene County Schools board of education spent much of the July 17 meeting preparing for the 2024-25 school year, approving fees, student and staff handbooks, and more. Greene County parents will see no increase in the fees they pay when they register their children for school for the coming year. The board approved book fees, meal prices and activity…
Read MoreSupervisors hear city of Jefferson’s strategy with dead ash trees
The Greene County supervisors had a short agenda for their July 15 meeting, listing only the monthly update from Jefferson city administrator Scott Peterson and approval of the auditor’s quarterly report of passport fees collected. Peterson told the supervisors the widening and resurfacing project on E. Lincoln Way is scheduled for completion Sept. 22. “Work is starting off OK but…
Read MoreDouglas Jackson, 1945 – 2024
Robert Douglas Jackson (Doug) passed away July 8, 2024, at the age of 78. His niece Denise was with him at his passing. He was born August 1, 1945, in Jefferson, and retired there after a long teaching career in music. Doug taught at several schools in Iowa, including North Polk County schools. He had very successful jazz bands at all of his…
Read MoreClimate experts: All dryness has left Iowa
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital DispatchJuly 18, 2024 All parts of Iowa — for the first time in more than four years — have sufficient soil moisture to not be considered “abnormally dry” by national climate experts, according to a U.S. Drought Monitor report on Thursday. That dryness designation can indicate an area is on the cusp of drought conditions,…
Read MoreElderbridge marks 50 years of providing services to older adults
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Elderbridge Area Agency on Aging. Elderbridge has experienced many changes throughout the last 50 years, but one thing has remained the same and that is its mission to advocate for and empower older adults, caregivers, and those with disabilities to pursue independent healthy lives. Elderbridge is proud of where it came from and…
Read MoreHarris named Star District Advisor at FFA conference
Greene County agricultural educator Raelyn Harris was recognized as the Southwest Star District Advisor at the Iowa Agricultural Education Summer Conference held at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny June 23-26. During the annual IAAE banquet, Harris was recognized during the annual IAAE banquet. During her six years within the profession, Harris has served as the Southwest District’s representative on…
Read More‘Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.’
~a column by Colleen O’Brien This sentence above was a 1960’s typing class drill that filled a full line on an 11 by 8 1/2 piece of typing paper* and seems an apt approach to life in these United States right now. This country is in need of calming down, and the typing drill came to mind after the shooting…
Read MoreJeff council changes designation of dog from illegal to vicious
The Jefferson city council at its July 9 meeting granted a sort of reprieve to Lou, an 85-pound pitbull that left her yard, alone, and acted aggressively toward a neighbor and her much smaller dog. The dog had been deemed illegal after the neighbor, Alicia Paup, said she had bitten her and her dog. The dog’s owners, Robert Gilmore and…
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